Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Jim Montgomery United States (USA)	49.99	Jack Babashoff United States (USA)	50.81	Peter Nocke West Germany (FRG)	51.31
200 m freestyle	Bruce Furniss United States (USA)	1:50.29	John Naber United States (USA)	1:50.50	Jim Montgomery United States (USA)	1:50.58
400 m freestyle	Brian Goodell United States (USA)	3:51.93	Tim Shaw United States (USA)	3:52.54	Vladimir Raskatov Soviet Union (URS)	3:55.76
1500 m freestyle	Brian Goodell United States (USA)	15:02.40	Robert Hackett United States (USA)	15:03.91	Stephen Holland Australia (AUS)	15:04.66
100 m backstroke	John Naber United States (USA)	55.49	Peter Rocca United States (USA)	56.34	Roland Matthes East Germany (GDR)	57.22
200 m backstroke	John Naber United States (USA)	1:59.19	Peter Rocca United States (USA)	2:00.55	Dan Harrigan United States (USA)	2:01.35
100 m breaststroke	John Hencken United States (USA)	1:03.11	David Wilkie Great Britain (GBR)	1:03.43	Arvidas Juozaitis Soviet Union (URS)	1:04.23
200 m breaststroke	David Wilkie Great Britain (GBR)	2:15.11	John Hencken United States (USA)	2:17.26	Richard Colella United States (USA)	2:19.20
100 m butterfly	Matt Vogel United States (USA)	54.35	Joe Bottom United States (USA)	54.50	Gary Hall, Sr. United States (USA)	54.65
200 m butterfly	Mike Bruner United States (USA)	1:59.23	Steven Gregg United States (USA)	1:59.54	William Forrester United States (USA)	1:59.96
400 m individual medley	Rod Strachan United States (USA)	4:23.68	Tim McKee United States (USA)	4:24.62	Andrey Smirnov Soviet Union (URS)	4:26.90
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) John Naber Mike Bruner Bruce Furniss Jim Montgomery	7:23.22	Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Raskatov Andrei Bogdanov Sergey Koplyakov Andrey Krylov	7:27.97	Great Britain (GBR) Alan McClatchey Brian Brinkley Gordon Downie David Dunne	7:32.11
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Matt Vogel John Hencken Jim Montgomery John Naber	3:42.22	Canada (CAN) Stephen Pickell Graham Smith Clay Evans Gary MacDonald	3:45.94	West Germany (FRG) Klaus Steinbach Michael Kraus Walter Kusch Peter Nocke	3:47.29

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Kornelia Ender East Germany (GDR)	55.65	Petra Priemer East Germany (GDR)	56.49	Enith Brigitha Netherlands (NED)	56.65
200 m freestyle	Kornelia Ender East Germany (GDR)	1:59.26	Shirley Babashoff United States (USA)	2:01.22	Enith Brigitha Netherlands (NED)	2:01.40
400 m freestyle	Petra Thümer East Germany (GDR)	4:09.89	Shirley Babashoff United States (USA)	4:10.46	Shannon Smith Canada (CAN)	4:14.60
800 m freestyle	Petra Thümer East Germany (GDR)	8:37.14	Shirley Babashoff United States (USA)	8:37.59	Wendy Weinberg United States (USA)	8:42.60
100 m backstroke	Ulrike Richter East Germany (GDR)	1:01.83	Birgit Treiber East Germany (GDR)	1:03.41	Nancy Garapick Canada (CAN)	1:03.71
200 m backstroke	Ulrike Richter East Germany (GDR)	2:13.43	Birgit Treiber East Germany (GDR)	2:14.97	Nancy Garapick Canada (CAN)	2:15.60
100 m breaststroke	Hannelore Anke East Germany (GDR)	1:11.16	Lyubov Rusanova Soviet Union (URS)	1:13.04	Marina Koshevaya Soviet Union (URS)	1:13.30
200 m breaststroke	Marina Koshevaya Soviet Union (URS)	2:33.35	Marina Yurchenya Soviet Union (URS)	2:36.08	Lyubov Rusanova Soviet Union (URS)	2:36.22
100 m butterfly	Kornelia Ender East Germany (GDR)	1:00.13	Andrea Pollack East Germany (GDR)	1:00.98	Wendy Boglioli United States (USA)	1:01.17
200 m butterfly	Andrea Pollack East Germany (GDR)	2:11.41	Ulrike Tauber East Germany (GDR)	2:12.50	Rosemarie Gabriel East Germany (GDR)	2:12.86
400 m individual medley	Ulrike Tauber East Germany (GDR)	4:42.77	Cheryl Gibson Canada (CAN)	4:48.10	Becky Smith Canada (CAN)	4:50.48
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Kim Peyton Jill Sterkel Shirley Babashoff Wendy Boglioli	3:44.82	East Germany (GDR) Petra Priemer Kornelia Ender Claudia Hempel Andrea Pollack	3:45.50	Canada (CAN) Becky Smith Gail Amundrud Barbara Clark Anne Jardin	3:48.81
4×100 m medley relay	East Germany (GDR) Ulrike Richter Hannelore Anke Kornelia Ender Andrea Pollack	4:07.95	United States (USA) Camille Wright Shirley Babashoff Linda Jezek Lauri Siering	4:14.55	Canada (CAN) Susan Sloan Robin Corsiglia Wendy Hogg Anne Jardin	4:15.22

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	13	14	7	34
2	East Germany (GDR)	11	6	2	19
3	Soviet Union (URS)	1	3	5	9
4	Canada (CAN)	0	2	6	8
5	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	1	3
6	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	2	2
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
8	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1

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